Category Archives: Music

Weekend Report: Sunflowers vs Zombies

I’ve been a bit too busy to get my act together this week, so despite some great articles in the pipeline and some interesting news snippets, Undead Backbrain has been a little quiet. For those who might have been waiting, … Continue reading

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Weekend Fright Flick: Dead Girls, Carwash and Giant Tick

Weekend Fright Flick on Undead Backbrain is sending a triple feature your way this weekend. It’s a bit of a mixed bag, but if sexy zombie chicks and giant ticks tweak your interest (and seeing as you’re reading this blog … Continue reading

Posted in Big Bugs, Film, Giant Monsters, Music, Weekend Fright Flick, Zombies | 2 Comments

Giant Ants Ate the Blues Player

Kaiju Search-Robot Avery has discovered that Bakersfield, California country blues player Hank Ray is making a movie about giant ants. Taking the classic truth-in-advertising approach to titles, it’s called Giant Ants Eat Bakersfield. It will be about 30 minutes long … Continue reading

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Little Ending of Horrors

One of my favourite films is, I’m happy to admit, the 1986 musical version of Corman’s 1960 original, Little Shop of Horrors. Love the performances, love the choreography, love the music, love Audrey II in all his increasingly nasty glory. … Continue reading

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Sexy Cyborg from Another Dimension

Obsessing (as I am) about robots and cyborgs — being in the middle of writing a short novel titled Robot War Espresso — and having just penned a review of a nerd-fest short film about an obsessed fan, I found … Continue reading

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Gettin’ Attitude With the Ninjaz

AN INTERVIEW WITH SHINOKO OF NINJAZ WITH ATTITUDE by Cat Sparks So one evening in early 2009, I went to the Landsdowne Hotel, Broadway with Kaaron Warren (the horror writer) to see an old friend’s band and catch up with … Continue reading

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Vincent Price and the Black Widow

The music video below features Vincent Price and Alice Cooper, performing “The Black Widow” from Cooper’s classic album Welcome to My Nightmare. The performance is from a TV Special called “Alice Cooper — The Nightmare” that aired on 25 April … Continue reading

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Another Loch Ness Monster

The Loch Ness Monster (US-2005; short [15 min.]; dir. Benjamin Williams) A terrible encounter with the Loch Ness Monster haunts a woman her entire life. This short, but ambitious-looking film stars Dee Wallace Stone (among others) and won the soundtrack … Continue reading

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, Lake Monsters, Music, Mysteries, Uncategorized | 5 Comments

Classic Album Cover Riot

This cracks me up, in a surreal Terry Gilliam kind of way! … though, of course, those who (sadly) aren’t familiar with the classic rock album covers concerned probably won’t be as amused. Source: LikeItHateIt via Cat Sparks

Posted in Animation, Music, Pictorial art | 1 Comment

A Bunch of Zombies Sing…

… “Dust in the Wind” [Kansas] — created by Matt Ficner. via Boing Boing

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